Whiffletree



(Model.)

G. W. COX.

WHIFFLETRBB. No. 247,314. Patented Sept. 20, 1881.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GUILFORD W. COX, OF OOXVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA.

WHIFFLETREE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 247,314, dated September 20, 1881.

Application tiled July 29, 188]. (Model.)

To alt whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUILFORD W. Cox, ot' Ooxville,in the county of Pitt and State of North Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in W'hifiletrees; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, which forms part of this speoication.

My invention relates to an improvement in whifiletrees; and it consists in casting or stamping the whiftletree in a single piece, and providing it with a suitable hook and a hole at each end to fasten the hook or the ring of the traces in, and forming upon the rear edge ofthe whiflietree, at its center, an extension, which has a hole made through it, so that the whiftletree can -be attached to the clevis ofthe plow.

The object ot' my invention is to make a light, cheap whifdetree,which is cast or stamped in a single piece, and which is specially adapted for use upon plows and vehicles of all kinds.

The accompanying drawing represents aperspective of my invention.

A represents the whifdetree, which is cast or stamped in a single piece of iron or metal of any suitable kind, and which maybe either thin and hat, as here shown, or any other form that may be preferred. At each end of the tree there is formed a hook, B, into which the ring or hook upon the end of the trace is fastened, andjust inside ofeach one of these hooks is formed a hole, C, into which the hook upon the end of the trace may be fastened. Where the ends of the trace-chains are provided with rings they will be fastened in the hooks B; but Where they are provided with hooks they will be hooked either into the holes O or into the hooks B, as may be preferred. Upon the rear edge ot' the Whiflietree, at its center, is formed the extension D,throngh which is made the hole E, of any desired shape or size, and which is made sufficiently large to allow the clevis to pass readily through it.

Where the whiftletree is made of iron, as here shown, it can be made very light, strong, and cheap, and is especially adapted for use upon plows, though it may be used in connection with vehicles equally as well.

Having thus described my invention, I claim.-

l. As a new article of manufacture, a whiflie-A tree east or stamped in a single piece, and provided with a hook, B, and a hole, C, at each end, and having an extension, D, formed upon its rear edge, the extension having a suitable hole made through it, so that the whiflietree can be attached directly to the elevis ofthe plow, substantially as shown and described.

2. A cast or stamped whiftletree having a perforated extension, D, formed upon its rear edge, and adapted to be hooked directly into the clevis of the. plow, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

G. W. QOX.

Witnesses F. A. LEHMANN, A. C. KISKADDEN.

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